Aerial projectile game



A. FR'ISCH AERIAL PROJECTILE GAME Filed Qct. 18, 19.45

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Patented Aug. 26,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE AERIAL PROJECTILE GAME Arthur Frisch, NewYork, N. Y.

Application October 18, 1943, Serial No. 506,731

Claims. (01. 273-95) "This invention relates to a novel and amusin :gameof skill to be played with movable pieces :in simulation of the aerialbombardment of cities :or other objectives.

One object of the invention is to provide a catapult for a projectilemarble mounted for adjustment relative to a selected objective depictedupon a playing field base, said catapult being operated by a bombingmarble adapted to be dropped thereon from a suitable height above saidbase.

Another object resides in the provision of a rotatively mounted platformin elevated relation to the base and having a plurality of spaced meansadapted to be selectively positioned relative to the catapult to receiveand direct the bombing marble to a desired point of release for gravitydescent upon the catapult.

A further general object of the invention is to provide a game of theabove character, the'various parts of which, other than the marbles, maybe inexpensively produced from heavy durable cardboard and said gameprofitably sold at a reasonably low price.

With the above and other objects in View the invention consists in theimproved game and in the form and construction of its several parts, aswill be hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawingsand subsequently defined in the appended claims.

In the drawings, wherein I have shown one simple and satisfactoryembodiment of the invention and in which imilar reference charactersdesignate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view illustrating one practical embodiment of mynew game.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on an enlarged scale, takensubstantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2 and Fig. 4is a detail vertical section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Referring in detail to the drawings, 5 indicates a box body in which theparts of the game are adapted to be contained and vended. Between theupstanding marginal walls 6 of said box body a base 1 is closelyconfined, said base having marginal flanges 8 to frictionally engage thewalls 6 and space said base above the bottom ofthe box. These flangesmay be provided only at the ends of said base or also along each sidethereof,

Upon the upper surface of the base 1, or a paper sheet affixed thereto,a plurality of suitably spaced objectives 9 are printed or otherwisedelineated.

In the present instance these objectives are pictorial representationsof different cities. To said objectives difierent arbitrary values areiven as indicated at Ill.

With each objective there is associated a marble retaining pen in theform of a semi-circularly curved strip of cardboard ll of suitablethickness, adhesively or otherwise secured to the surface of the base I.The spaced apart ends of the strip ll provide an entrance to the penwhich is of much greater width than the diameter of the marble. All ofthe pen entrances face towards the same end of the base I. At suitablyspaced points on the surface of the base 7 guiding or directing stripsII for the marbles are attached thereto.

Adjacent to the other end of said base and on the longitudinal centerline thereof, an opening is provided to receive a wood plug l2,extending upwardly therethrough and having an enlarged head l3 on itslower end to engage the underside of the base 1. Upon the plug l2 an armI4 is loosely swivelled at one of its ends for movement in a horizontalplane over the surface of the base l. On the other end of said arm acatapult is suitably mounted, which may comprise a cardboard part I5positioned in a vertical plane and having a lower edge portion l6secured to the free longitudinally extending portion it of a sheet offlexible material ll aifixed to the surface of the arm I l, thusproviding a hinge connection at IS. The remaining lower edge portion ofthe part 15 is inclined upwardly from said hinge, as at 20.

To the upper edge of the part 55 a cardboard strip 2| is secured, havinga horizontally positioned disk-like terminal portion 22 above the upperend of the edge 20 of the part IE, to provide a target for the bombsimulating marble. To the other end of the strip 2| a cup 23 is affixedto receive a projectile simulating marble.

A cardboard tube of suitable length, such as shown at 24, is' adapted tobe engaged at one of its open ends over the upstanding plug I2 by whichsaid tube is supported in a vertical position relative to the base I. Aplatform 25 of heavy cardboard is provided with.a central opening toreceive a wood plug 26 frictionally fitted within the upper end of thetube 24 and by which said platform is rotatively supported between the 3end edge of the tube and the enlarged head 21 on the upper end of saidplug.

The platform 25 is die cut to provide circumferentially spaced marginalformations simulating different types of bombing aeroplanes, asindicated at 28, and a paper sheet is affixed. to the upper surface ofsaid platform upon which said aeroplanes are lithographically orotherwise pictorially delineated. In association with each aeroplane theplatform 25 is provided with a radially extending slot 29 terminating atits outer end in a circular enlargement 39 located in the body orfuselage of the aeroplane.

It will be noted that certain of the objectives on the base 1 are givennames corresponding to the names of the aeroplanes on the platform-25,which is of importance in the scoring of the game. In packing the gamein the box for sale or shipment the plug 12 with the arm 14 and thecatapult are in assembled relation with the base 7, while the parts 24,25 and 26 are disassembled and, together with the marbles in a suitablepouch and the printed rules, are placed upon the base 1 before applyingthe box cover.

After the several units have been assembled, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2,the player receives four projectile marbles P and a single bomb marbleB, the latter being of considerably greater diameter than the marbles P.The player then first adjusts the catapult with respect to a selectedobjective 9 by horizontally swinging the arm M on the surface of thebase 1 and one of the projectile marbles P is placed in the cup 23. Theplatform 25 is then adjusted around the upper end of the post or tube 24was to'position the opening 36, associated with a selected type ofbomber directly above the target disk 22 of the catapult. The bombmarble B is now placed on the runway formed by the slot 29 and rollsthereon into and through the opening 30. The platform 25 is sufficientlyelevated above the target disk 22 so that the marble B will strike saidtarget with considerable force, thereby operating the catapult from thehinge l9 and projecting the marble P upon the surface of the base 7 Theweight of the catapult is so distributed with respect to the hinge l9that, after each operation, it will return to its normal position, shownin Fig. 2.

The'marble may roll into the pen associated with the selected objectiveor into another of said pens. If the former the score for'thatparticular objective is doubled, otherwise the player receives only thescore of the objective in the pen of which the marble is received. If,before playing, the player names an objective bearing the same bombername as the bomber 28'from which the marble B is played and theprojectile marble is received in the pen of that objective, the playerreceives, in addition'to the doubled score of-the objective, a bonus of100. The game may be played by anynumber of players and the one scoringthe greatest count is declared the winner. A projectile marble whichdoes not land on the playing field is out of play and cannot again beused by the player during his turn.

From the above description and the "accompanying drawings it will beseen that the playing of the game involves more or'less skill on thepart of the players in accurately placing the catapult with respect tothe objectives and locating the point of descent of the bomb marble inrelation to the target disk 22. Of course, any desired number ofprojectile marbles P might be provided of such diameter that a singlepen H would receive two or more marbles. It will be seen that such agame will be highly exciting and afford the participants considerableamusement. It will also be apparent that the several physical unitsmight be used in the playing of various other games having differentscoring rules than those above given.

Therefore, while I have herein disclosed one simple and practicalembodiment of my present invention, it is to be understood that thevarious parts of the game are susceptible of more or less modificationin their structural details, as well as the means for detachablyassembling the several relatively adjustable units. Accordingly, theprivilege is reserved of resorting to such changes in the form,construction and relative arrangement of the several parts as may fairlybe comprehended within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A game comprising a playing field base having'a'plurality' of spaced.apart objectives thereon and a marble retaining means associated witheach objective, an arm, a catapult having marble supporting means on oneend, means for pivotally mounting said catapult intermediate of its endson one end of said arm, a support, a common means pivotally mountingsaid arm at its other end on the field base and sustaining said supportin perpendicular fixed relation thereto, whereby said arm may behorizontally adjusted over the surface of the base relative to thesupport to position the catapult with respect to a selected objective,and means mounted on the upper end of the support for directing anoperating missile to a point of gravity descent upon the other end ofsaid catapult to operate the latter and project the-marble toward saidobjective.

2. A game comprising a playing field base having a plurality of spacedapart objectives thereon and marble retaining means associated with eachobjective, a catapult pivoted between its ends and having marblesupporting means on one end, means for positioning said catapult on thefield base at one end thereof in desired relation to a selectedobjective, a support extending vertically above the base, aplatform-disk rotatably mounted on the upper end of said support havinga plurality of circumferentially spaced apart means adapted to beselectively positioned relative to the catapult to-direct the gravitydescent of an operating-missile upon the other end of said catapult tooperate the latter and project the marble toward said objective.

3. The combination defined in claim l-in which said last named meanscomprises a slotted disk having a central opening-and a'member disposedthrough said opening and frictionally'coacting with said support torotatably connect said disk therewith.

4. A game comprising a playing field base havinga plurality of spacedapart objectives thereon, a vertical support fixed to the base at oneend thereof, a catapult radially positioned'on the base in spacedrelation from said support and pivotally mounted'between its ends,projectile marble supporting means'on the inner end of said catapult, 1d a disc rotatably mounted ,on the support in anelevated position aboutthe base, said disc having a plurality of radially disposed bomb marblerunways and anopening at the end of each runway at approximately thesame radial distance from the support as the outer end of said 5. Thecombination defined in claim 4, wherein I 5 said support is a tubularmember, together with headed plugs frictionally fitted in the ends ofsaid member and separably connecting the same with said disc and base.

ARTHUR FRISCI-I.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

Number Number UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Ward July 25, 1911 McIlroyDec. 22, 1914 Peacock Mar. 19, 1918 Schneider et a1 Jan. 6, 1931Englerth Apr. 19, 1938 Minger Feb. 27, 1940 Lohr et a1. Oct. 13, 1942FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Great Britain July 27, 1934

